by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Cape Town have spoken to Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking for help for churches in Zimbabwe as well as mediation and monitoring to ensure a free and fair presidential run-off, and...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
“Churches around the world are much encouraged” by the multilateral agreement on cluster munitions reached Wednesday in Dublin, said World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev Dr Samuel Kobia today. But they now look with expectation to...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
Join Amnesty’s campaign against torture by clicking here Amnesty International has challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements. “The human rights flashpoints in Darfur,...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church have welcomed the commitment by the UK Government to withdraw the remaining two cluster munitions from its arsenal. The news came as talks took place in Dublin, in which...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
The head of Africa’s biggest church grouping says he is hurt and tormented by a wave of attacks against foreigners in South Africa that have claimed the lives of at least 50 people, causing self-revulsion in a nation that once prided itself for post-apartheid...
